Super Mario Galaxy 2, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Wii Sports Resort get official price drops

Nintendo has officially reduced the price of three of its own Wii titles. Super Mario Galaxy 2, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and Wii Sports Resort will not carry an official $29.99 price starting today.

Nintendo has also confirmed lifetime sales of all three titles. Super Mario Galaxy 2 has sold over 2.7 million copies in the US, while New Super Mario Bros. Wii has sold more than 9.4 million. Wii Sports Resort’s sales come in at close to 7 million.

REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Three of the best-selling and best-reviewed Wii games of all time are now available at a new low price. Starting today, Super Mario Galaxy 2, New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Wii Sports Resort are available at a suggested retail price of just $29.99 each.

The new price represents one of the many steps Nintendo is taking to provide shoppers with the best value and variety across all its systems through the end of 2013. The games can also be played on the Wii U home console, which can play the entire library of Wii games.

Super Mario Galaxy 2 is tied with Super Mario Galaxy as one of the best-reviewed games of all time, with a Metacritic score of 97. To date the game has sold more than 2.7 million in the United States alone. New Super Mario Bros. Wii has sold more than 9.4 million in the U.S. and Wii Sports Resort, the follow-up to the game that introduced motion controls to the world of gaming, has U.S. sales of nearly 7 million.

Source: Nintendo PR